Proteus Maximus

Atlantids

An oldie from 1999. Black & white ink on photocopied zip-a-tone, reworked in Photoshop. This was never published, but these were supposed to be the Troglodytes' former masters from my Troglodytes series (1999-2007).

The moire effects are carefully doctored. I used to do that a lot, until all copymachines became digital, which ruined the results. Later, the same thing happened when my books were printed digitally. Thank you, digital revolution. 

Comics Sketchbooks by Steven Heller

This came in the mail:

Proud to be one of the 80 featured artists. A lot of them are from the RAW circle, which is not surprising as Art Spiegelman contributed to the selection. My fellow countryman Joost Swarte is in there, and so are my pals Jakob Klemencic and Matthias Lehmann. Joseph Lambert is one of the few younger artists, but rightfully so - he's very good!

This is one of the spreads I have in the book:

It makes sense to have picked this one from a few years ago (20 sketchbooks ago) as this is from my Troglodytes series, which I did before I turned to medieval imagery. Three tomes of Troglodytes appeared in The Netherlands, while Top Shelf Comix published one collection in the States.

Anyway, Amazon carries it of course